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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
5. State of the Art
Author : Jan C. A. Boeyens
Published in: The Chemistry of Matter Waves
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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Abstract
The theory of chemistry is the theory of matter—how it is constituted and how it behaves in interaction. Theories to address these issues emerged early in the previous century. Their impact on chemical thinking is discussed in this chapter. The theory of relativity that explains the origin of matter in the geometry of four-dimensional space-time has been completely ignored. Quantum theory in the form of Schrödinger’s three-dimensional wave equation is claimed as fundamental to the computational scheme, widely known as quantum chemistry, considered to represent the “highest level” of chemical theory. It relies on the ubiquitous linear combination of real atomic orbitals, in direct conflict with the complex functions of wave mechanics. The flawed models of chemical bonding, periodicity, molecular structure, stereochemistry, point particles, molecular modelling and reaction mechanism, formulated in terms of this approach, are critically analyzed. All of these urgently need serious reconsideration.